Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Oct. 5, 1846, John Snyder was angry that James Reed’s slow-moving heavy wagon was keeping the Donner Party from making good time. Snyder tried to pass ...

Back in May 1891, Truckee was abuzz with treasure fever. While on a fishing excursion near Donner Lake, Edward Reynolds uncovered a cache of coins near the shore, claiming that they had been buried by ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 19, 1847, the first rescuers reached members of the Donner Party, who had been snowbound in the Sierra Nevada ...